Abdullah Al Muhajir, aka Jose Padilla, the "dirty bomber," has been
denied review by the Supreme Court.
His lawyers wanted to bypass the government's scheduled July appeal of
a February ruling by a South Carolina judge that "Bush has no authority
to have Padilla held as an enemy combatant." The government
appealed and that appeal is pending. Padilla's lawyer argued for
a bypass of procedure and wanted the Supreme Court to address the
issue. No go.
This has been a very interesting case for both the terrorism aspect and
the enemy combatant status. I'll be following up with more
information about Padilla and about the classification as some
historical background as I write more about the convergance of terror
& the law.